Beehive brood frame



Aug. 25, 1931. c. E. SANDERS BEEHIVE BRO-0D FRAME Filed March 4, 1930 6 ,5 ander Bit le iieditishio'r Patented Aug. 25, 1931 p mums E. snlvnmxsg'or mm, mssoum 51 I improvements in andquickly' placed and in "which it will be firmly held against buckling or warping. fIncertain-types of frames at present in use it"is extremely difiicult'toplace the 'founda- I ti'on orstarter 1n position without pulling or breakingthe same and this is particularly true ifthe frameihasbeen previously used so that it is covered-with wax, After-a'frame has been used it must be carefully gone over and the gr'ooae's' in which the comb'foundm tion edgesa're placed mustbe" scraped out-be fore" a fresh' foundation can be put into-p o sition' f is ftrbublesome'and" time 'cOnsumQ ing [and if, the grooves are not t'noroughly d mags; placing 7 it in e be.-. V With Y h 1 1 mbed j i vpr' i invention the jt'op' and side bars thereof are madein two sections betweenwhich edges of the comb foundation "are i securely clamped, 'When the frame is removed-after the formay tio n ofacomb thereon the foundation can t be' V easil icut away and the remaining pieces between the separable portionsor barsof the frame easil j z' and quickly removed by serap-' ing and if all'fo'ffthe remaining'bits' of the foundation are not completely removed this i willf in' no?wayfinterterewith thezproper placement of a new" foundation in the frame. After'the foundation'has been placedin positionit will be firmly held: and cannot twist f p i 7 i i i "Another object of theinve ntion is to P1307.

' vide a eehive brood frame o fithe'han ging I which. the: members employed for holding and side bars of theiframes are arrangedto abut one. againstthe other and thus serve to properly ,s pace'thefframes in'the hi've 1. The invention will behest-understood from a consideration. of the" following detailed de s'cripti'o'n' taknfin connection with the ac 'ompanying'd'rawingsforming part of this speech e likely that the rounde togetlier'the unitsmaking up the top v p I cut inwardly-as indicated at 9 with the inner adjacent 'face I, "of the top bar 2 V fi'cation', with the understanding, however;

that the invention is notconfined to any strict conformity with'the showing of the drawings but may be changedfor m0difie dso;long as; such changes or; modifications mark no=mate rial departure from the salient features of theinvention as expressed inthe' appended claims. In thedrawings'z V i F igurel is a View inside elevation of the a frame embodying the present invention. j

Figure 2 is aview in endelevation of a pair'of the frames showing 'theimanner in,

which they are'spaced when. inusej I p FigureB is a 'secti0nalview taken on the line of Figure 1. f

Referring morevparticularly to thej'tilraw-v ing' wherein like numerals of reference indi cate corresponding parts throughoutithe sev eralviews, the numeral 1 indicates generally q the improved frame" embodyingfthe'present invention. This framefcomprises tlie us'ual top barl2, side bars and bottom bar 4.. "As sh'own iin Figures 2 and3 thefsidefand top members. Thetwo members comprisingthe top bar being indicated bythe numerals 5 While each of the two'memb ers comprising i the side bars 3-arelindicatedbythe numerals 6. Each end of'the toplbar 2 is'cutaway i' so member '5 of the top barihas a' recess Sent 35' in the outer face; thereof, the inner wall of each recess b air 1g inclined inwardlyflfrmi the bottom to the top' givingtothiabarf2-in a cross-section the appearance'ofa dovetailas showninlFigure 3."

Theconfrontmg 0i ithe 'members 6" making 'upieach of'the sidebars 3' arealso faceof the cut, inclinedoutwardly' toward the of the memberjfso that there is thus formed in theupperendf of each side. bar 3 a dovetail'recess as sho'Wn'inFignre 3 for the reception of onedovetailed: jpor'tion At their 1 lower ends of the: members 2 making up the side bars 3 of the frame are cut away to form the dovetail recesses 10 which open downwardly from the ends of the members and in each of these recesses there fits one end of the bottom bar 4 which is of dovetailed cross-section throughout as shown.

Each of the side members 3 of the frame has passed therethrough a pair of holding bolts each of which is indicatedby the numeral 1'1 and thebar 2 has a wood screw or other suitable holding a'ielen'rent threaded thereinto intermediate its ends as indicated at 12, these bolts and the screw, -of eourse, acting to secure the members making up the top and side bars in assembledrelation'as will be readily understood and in addition to this theycauseuthe members of the top and side bars to .grip the edges of a comb foundation disposed therebetween. Thebolts llhdlding the members of the side bars 3 to ether also cause the sidebars to maintain a' rm grip upon thetop andbottom bars 2 and 4 thus giving a strong rigid frame wliich cannot be twisted out of the square and which eannotbe 'easily'broken,

In placing a comb "foundation in the frame 1 the nuts upon the bolts 11 and. screw 12 are removed so that theframetop andside bars may be divided into two portionsythe lower members retainingt-he bolts projecting up wardly from thesurface upon which the frame may 'be laid. "The foundation which is indicated'by the'numeral IS'is then placed in; osition upon the members carrying the holdingbolts after which "the associate menibers .are placed "in. position upon the first mentioned members to complete the formation of the top and sidebarsof the frame, the nuts being replaced upon'the holdingbolts anddrawn up tightly thereon against the adjacentfmenibers to secure the members of the bars togetherand to cause them to grip the edges ofthe foundation therbetween.

As shown in Figure 2 the bolts-employed for holding the members of "the side bars together project beyond the bars "in which they are positioned so that "when the frames are placed in ahivie 'the ends of the bolts will come into contacting relation and thus suitably space the frames. 4 l 1 lhese contacting bolts hold the frames apart so itha't 'tlie wax of thecombs will not cause the frames .to adhere onelto the other, the only points where adlierei ceunay occur being between the contacting ends of the bolts. As these small surfaces may be readily separated it will be seen that the rei'noval of any one of the frames from the hive may be efl'etedwithout difficulty and without jar; r ng the framesor inpiring an of the becs thereon'or on adjacent frames. v

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim is: t v

1. A brood framefor beehives haviugtop,

eachinto a pair of coactingrmembers,

bottom and side bars, said top and side bars only being longitudinally divisible to form two portions between which the edges of a a comb foundation may be secured and means for securing the ends of the bottom bar between the sections of the side bars.

2. A brood frame for beehives having top, bottom :and :side bars which itlie top and sidebars only are each longitudinally divided'to'form coacting members between which "the. edges *of. a comb ilfoundation may be bottom and side bars in which the top'and side :bars are each dongitudinally divided to form coactingmembers Ebe'tween which the edges 'of a comb foundation :ma'y placed, and means for securingthe members of the top. and.side barsgin grippingirlation against an interposed .edge of a foundation body, sai dit'op'barTbeingieXtend-edbeyon dlthe side bars; and formed to faeilitate the prqper' suspension of the frame. in ai hive.

4. A brood f frame lforlbehivesihaving top,

bottom an dusideibarsii n which ltheitopand side barsare 1 each longitudinally ditii'dedito form coacting :members between which the edges of. a 5 comb foundation may Ebe :placed,

and means for securing ltheimembers d'f the 1 top and sidezbars.in grippingrelation against an interposed edge of 'a foundation body, said secur ngmeans of eachflframe being of a character to COZL'C't Wlth-thG securing :means of anvadjacentiframetogproperly spacea plufiality of the .frames when in position in (a brood Tframe (for 1beehivesihaving top, side and bottom bars, said top and side bars being.longitudinallywdividedfltoiformiofreah gripped, means for drawing rthe menibers of the top and sidebars:fir nly togther togifip ajfoundation, and meansfor .formingiarigid 7 joint between the top iandisi delbars comprising a dovetailed .recess lformedfinthe upper end ofeach sidebar to receive therin-a portion ofthe .top bariformed. in cross=seetion-i to fit the recess.

u 6. EA brood .frame for beehives, comprising top, bottom and sideibarsysaid' topiandsitle bars beingdongitudinally divided to form r sai'ditqp bar adjacent each end being formed sent a dovetail cross-sectional :design, said bottom bar -beingof dovetail cross-sectional design at each end-and said side bar merribers having their confronting Ifaces cutaway 'to form each end ofeach sideibar with aldove- 7 lto pre- 1 i 41 a pair of coacting members between wh ch the edges 'of a comb foundation may lbe toil recgsis therein for the i'eception of a, similarly formed. portion of .the top or bottom 7 bar, and means. connecting the members "of CHARLES E. SANDERSQ 

